LC MGT205 2022 April Module 3 Quiz Latest

MGT205 Human Resource Management

Module 3 Quiz  

Question 1A narrative job analysis is the most common form of job analysis used in the U.S. military.

  True

  False

 Question 2Which of the following is most likely to be an effective retention strategy for a high-tech software company to retain executive engineers for an extended period of time?

  Regularly administering job satisfaction surveys

  Increasing job embeddedness

  Giving stock options that cannot be exercised for the first 5 years of employment

  Reducing the job requirements to make jobs simpler and easier

 Question 3In the past, data analytics was at times referred to as "data mining."

 True

  False

 Question 4Which of the following increases the likelihood of a merger or acquisition being successful?

  The HR manager should serve as the center of communications across the merging organizations.

  The HR manager must disseminate information in a limited and "need-to-know" manner.

  The HR manager should become the final arbiter of which mergers or acquisitions should be pursued.

  The HR manager must not be closely involved in the merging process of organizations.

 Question 5The average age of the U.S. workforce is gradually decreasing.

  True

  False

 Question 6In the context of dealing with increased demand for workers, which of the following involves an organization paying a fee to a company that provides a pool of workers who are available on a temporary basis?

  Rightsizing

  An internship

  Employee leasing

  A part-time contract

 Question 7Jenna is part of the human resource department of her company. She gathers a panel of subject matter experts (SMEs) to perform a job analysis. She asks the SMEs to analyze the jobs in the company based on a taxonomy of 52 abilities that represent all the dimensions of the jobs. The SMEs are required to indicate the importance of various abilities for each job. In the context of job-analysis techniques, the given scenario illustrates the use of the _____.

  Fleishman job-analysis system

  Position Analysis Questionnaire

  functional job-analysis technique

  critical incidents approach

 Question 8Which of the following refers to the system of rules and procedures for how and when punishment is administered and how severe the punishment should be?

  Procedural justice

  Distributive justice

  Discipline

  Ethicality

 Question 9In the context of a study of the effects of downsizing conducted in the 1990s, the firms where changes in employment from 1980 to 1994 fell between plus and minus 5 percent were called _____.

  stable employers

  employment downsizers

  asset downsizers

  asset stabilizers

Question 10Meeraze Inc., a management consulting firm, plans to increase its profits by expanding its services to target new customers. It wants to hire more employees to maintain the quality of its services and hence launches an intense recruitment drive. It also collaborates with colleges to tap potential employees. In the given scenario, Meeraze Inc. is most likely using a _____.

  growth strategy

  stability strategy

  reduction strategy

  retrenchment strategy

 Question 11Which of the following is a computerized job classification system that contains continually updated information regarding the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for virtually every job in the U.S. economy?

  The task-analysis inventory system

  The Occupational Information Network

  The Fleishman job-analysis system

  The Society for Human Resource Management

 Question 12Which of the following is a similarity between functional job analysis and the Position Analysis Questionnaire?

  The items that make up both of these methods are organized into 10 sections.

  Both instruments are relatively simple and easy to use.

  The dimensions measured by both of these methods are believed to underlie all jobs.

  Both provide information on 187 separate job-related items.

 Question 13In the context of the different models of the turnover process, which of the following is an event that can be either positive or negative but is so profound that it causes an employee to think about the organization, the job, and how he or she fits with both?

  A shock

  A realistic job preview

  Organizational alienation

  Functional turnover

 Question 14Which of the following statements is true of human capital investments?

  They do not include on-the-job training.

  They affect a firm's location strategies.

  They do not influence individuals' decisions to enter the labor market.

  They lead to a decrease in the wages of individuals.

 Question 15If an organization anticipates retrenchment, then it will most likely need to hire additional human resources in the future.

  True

  False

 Question 16In the context of data analytics and big data, generally, analytics is often used to describe how information is communicated.

  True

  False

Question 17The vice president of Oreon Inc., an international chain of hotels, announces that he will retire from his post after 2 years. Following this, the top management of Oreon Inc. makes use of its employee database and elects the current general manager of operations as the next vice president. The manager is then given regular training and is groomed to make his transition to the senior position seamless. The given scenario illustrates the concept of _____.

  homesourcing

  utility analysis

  executive succession

  open-book management

 Question 18A large contingent workforce is the most desirable alternative to recruitment.

  True

  False

 Question 19Which of the following job-analysis techniques most likely focuses on the important behaviors that distinguish effective from ineffective performers?

  The critical incidents approach

  The Position Analysis Questionnaire

  The Fleishman job-analysis system

  The task-analysis inventory method

 Question 20Which of the following is a complicated process because it is often critical that exactly the right type of person is selected for a top position, the development costs to groom this person are very high, and the actual decision may severely impact the future of the firm?

  Executive succession

  Retrenchment

  Utility analysis

  Open-book management

 Question 21Which of the following statements is true of the Management Position Description Questionnaire (MPDQ)?

  It is the most popular standardized job-analysis instrument available for managerial positions.

  It is the first attempt to develop a single instrument that can describe all jobs in common terms.

  It is a standardized job-analysis instrument consisting of 250 items.

  It is used to classify managerial positions and estimate reasonable compensation for them.

 Question 22Which of the following statements is true of stock options?

  Employees who are given stock options are legally bound to sign a noncompete clause.

  The stock-option price for employees is higher than the selling price of the stock when the option is issued.

  They give employees the right to purchase a certain number of shares of stock at a given price.

  They give employees the opportunity to be part of the company's inventory management.

 Question 23Which of the following is a major cause for involuntary turnover in an organization?

  Lack of job complexity

  Poor performance of an individual

  High job embeddedness

  Poor rapport between co-workers

 Question 24An organization engages in job enrichment by making employees' work more challenging and by granting them more autonomy. These most likely reduce:

  the organizational citizenship behaviors of the employees.

  the affective commitment of the employees toward the organization.

  the turnover rates of the company.

  the contextual performance of the employees.

 Question 25Which of the following statements is true of a stability strategy?

  It mostly involves terminations and layoffs.

  It shields an organization from the need to augment its labor force.

  It may be the easiest for a human resource manager to implement.

  It may indicate growing sales, increasing demand, and expanding operations for an organization.